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''Divine Intervention'' is the sixth studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer. Released on September 27, 1994 through American Recordings, it was their first album to feature Paul Bostaph, replacing the band's original drummer Dave Lombardo. The production posed a challenge to the record company, as its marketing situation drew arguments over the album's explicitness. The band used the ''Decade of Aggression'' live album to give them time to decide the album's style.〔Daniel Bukszpan, Ronnie James Dio. ''The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal''〕 Since it was released nearly four years after ''Seasons in the Abyss'', vocalist Tom Araya said that there was more time spent on production compared to the band's previous albums. The cover was painted and designed by Wes Benscoter as a re-imaging of the group's early "Slayergram" graphic. Even though so much time was spent on production, Kerry King said that the mixing and mastering should have had more attention. The song's origins came not only from television shows, but were also inspired by various other things, including Rush Limbaugh, and serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Araya stated that the album "came out of the past four years of hating life."〔 In 1998 the album was banned in Germany due to the lyrics of "SS-3", "Circle of Beliefs", "Serenity in Murder", "213" and "Mind Control". ''Divine Intervention'' received mixed reviews by critics. The album sold 93,000 copies in its first week. It peaked number eight on the ''Billboard'' 200 and charted at number 15 on UK Albums Chart. It was rewarded gold in the United States and Canada. An EP entitled ''Serenity in Murder'' was released shortly after the album. ==Writing and production== Tom Araya said that "when we did ''Divine Intervention'', this was the last conference we ever had with a record label where they sat us down and sold us the idea of how they wanted to do "Divine", and how they were going to do this with the cover... and all these different ideas for the album. Then one guy looked at us and said, 'But we need a hit song.' And we said, 'But you've got eleven songs, and if you can't find a hit in one of them then you're shit out of luck because that's what we're giving you.' So we're like saying to them, 'Right, you write the fucking hit song and we'll record it.' That shut the guy up and that was the last time we had any kind of meetings like that!"〔("SLAYER Frontman: MUSTAINE Talks A Lot Of Sh *t, Apologizes For It, Then Continues Talking Sh *t" ). Blabbermouth.net. 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2010-07-20.〕 Araya described "For this one, I just kind of got inspired by watching TV. That gave me a whole lot of ideas. The whole idea about the dude with Slayer in his arms was brought about because reality is scarier than anything you can make up.〔''CMJ New Music Monthly''. January 1995. pp. 25–27〕 The production of the album posed as a challenge to the record company, "how to market a group whose gore-soaked, extreme music is anathema to radio programmers." It is the company's first attempt to "hit the thrash band's core-audience of rabid enthusiasts with a fan-orientated marketing assault."〔''Billboard''. July 23, 1994. p. 14〕 Araya related: "We decided to take more time to bring this one together. We actually went into the studio with more written material than the past. We completed three out of seven songs outside the studio. We all sort of felt it was important to do it slowly. After the last tour, we had the intention to take the break."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Divine Intervention (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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